Film
Playing for Time
1980 · 2h 30m · Drama · Music · History
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- 7.3
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Overview
When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task—using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners who are sentenced to die in the gas chambers.
Cast
Vanessa Redgrave
Fania Fenelon
Jane Alexander
Alma Rose
Maud Adams
Mala
Christine Baranski
Olga
Robin Bartlett
Etalina
Marisa Berenson
Elzvieta
Verna Bloom
Paulette
Donna Haley
Katrina
Lenore Harris
Charlotte
Mady Kaplan
Varya
Will Lee
Shmuel
Anna Thomson
Michou
Viveca Lindfors
Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
Marianne
Marcell Rosenblatt
Giselle
Max Wright
Dr. Josef Mengele
Crew
- Daniel MannDirector
- Joseph SargentDirector
- Arthur MillerWriter
- John E. QuillProducer
- Bernard SofronskiProducer
- Linda YellenProducer
- Arthur J. OrnitzDirector of Photography
- Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
- Jay FreundEditor
- Lynn KresselCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 30, 1980
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, History, TV Movie
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